Quoit.



" No. 692,963. Patented Feb'. II, 1902. C.- A. WRIGHT.

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(Application filed July 27, 1901.)

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UNETED TATES CLARENCE A. \VRIGIIT, OF

KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

QUOIT.

STEEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,963, datedFebruary 1 1, 1902.

Application filed July 27, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire,have invented a new and useful Quoit, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to quoits adapted for indoor use; and the objectof the same is to provide afiexible device of this class of such form asto overcome any tendency to roll or bound, and thereby cause suchdevices to positively remain in the places where they strike.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved quoit,showing the flat positionitwillassume when pitched or thrown. Fig. 2 isa section through the improved device.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in both views.

The numeral 1 designates the improved quoit, which is of square formwith rounded corners 2. This quoit is constructed of rubber or itsequivalent rubber compound, and is therefore freely flexible and .is ofsuch thickness as to give it weight enough to cause it to preserve itsequilibrium when pitched or thrown and to reliably reach the place ormark toward which it is directed. By forming the corners rounded, asstated and shown, interfering angular projections are removed and thequoit will be free to strike fiat, whereas if the ordinary angularcorners of the square were present they would be liable to catch andtilt or throw the quoit over, and, furthermore, said angular cornerswould have a continual tendency to curl and obstruct the flat landing ofthe quoit. This shape'of quoit Serial No. 69,967. (No model.)

will also overcome any tendency to roll, and if it should strike on oneof the rounded corners it will be immediately thrown down flat. Thequoit being formed of rubber will not slide, but, on the contrary, aninstantaneous adhesion will be set up between the same and the surfaceupon which it lands. The quoit being formed with rounded corners andsquare straight edges between said corners especiallyadapts it to engagewith said edges on striking the carpet and causes it to fall flatthereon.

As before indicated, the improved quoit is particularly intended forindoor use and adapted to be pitched toward a mark or goal; but it canalso be used outside on the groundsurface or pavement, and when used ona pavement it will not injure the latter in the least, and beingflexible and formed of rubber it will fall'without noise.

Changes in the form and proportions may be resorted to without departingfrom the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Aquoit having flat parallel upper and lower faces and provided withrounded core ners and square straight edges between said corners.

2. A freely-flexible rubber quoit having rounded corners and squarestraight edges between said corners.-

3. A quoit composed of a flat piece of flexible rubber having parallelupper and lower faces and rounded corners, the edges between saidcorners being square and straight whereby the quoit is prevented fromrolling.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE A. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. ALLEN, BERTHA A. COLBY.

